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Auto trail
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The system of auto trails was an informal network of marked routes that existed in the United States and Canada in the early part of the 20th century. Marked with colored bands on utility poles, the trails were intended to help travellers in the early days of the automobile.
Image: Cram Transcontinental Highways of the United States 1922 UTA (left)
Image: Cram Transcontinental Highways of the United States 1922 UTA (left)
Image: Cram Transcontinental Highways of the United States 1922 UTA (right)
Image: Cram Transcontinental Highways of the United States 1922 UTA (right)
Lincoln Highway
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The Lincoln Highway is one of the first transcontinental highways in the United States and one of the first highways designed expressly for automobiles. Conceived in 1912 by Indiana entrepreneur Carl G. Fisher, and formally dedicated October 31, 1913, the Lincoln Highway runs coast-to-coast from Times Square in New York City west to Lincoln Park in San Francisco. The full route originally ran through 13 states: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and California. In 1915, the "Colorado Loop" was removed, and in 1928, a realignment routed the Lincoln Highway through the northern tip of West Virginia. Thus, there are 14 states, 128 counties, and more than 700 cities, towns, and villages through which the highway passed at some time in its history.
Lincoln Theater in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on US 30, the Lincoln Highway
Lincoln Theater in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on US 30, the Lincoln Highway
Sign marking the Eastern Terminus of the Lincoln Highway at the intersection of 42nd Street and Broadway in Times Square, New York.
Sign marking the Eastern Terminus of the Lincoln Highway at the intersection of 42nd Street and Broadway in Times Square, New York.
The Western Terminus Marker of the Lincoln Highway in Lincoln Park in San Francisco, near the SF Muni bus stop.
The Western Terminus Marker of the Lincoln Highway in Lincoln Park in San Francisco, near the SF Muni bus stop.
Lincoln Highway in Bedford, Pennsylvania
Lincoln Highway in Bedford, Pennsylvania